Lancair

[Dave S.]

This little gem flew into Madras, OR last week for the airshow.  She looks quite fast, even when sitting on the ramp.

[Barry Griffiths]

 
Lancair Columbia 400 N1285D by Barry Griffiths CAD, on Flickr

[Chris Kennedy]

These things just look fast.

[cpasley]

Lancair 360 N446F by Pasley Aviation Photography, on Flickr

[Scott Youmans]

Nice one Chris! Crisp and clean.

[Tower Guy]

Very nice shot Chris, these are sleek machines.

[cholubaz]

Fantastic shot Chris. That there is the definition of tack sharp. 

Cheers,
Chris

[Jay Beckman]

Often seen at Coolidge, here's Mike and Sue Larkin's Lancair in flight...

[Jay Beckman]

Couple more of 4LL




...and one with an overly optimistic Skyhawk

[Scott Youmans]

Very well done Jay! Interesting to see some right rudder input on some to these. Great results for such low shutter speeds.

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks Scott.

The Lancair was a total bonus simply because the owner happened to be at Chandler visiting Pat McGarry and accepted Pat's idea to come have him find us knocking around the Supertstions.  Despite his having to drive from CHD to Pegasus, drag out his plane, preflight it and then launch, it couldn't have been more than 25 minutes after he left CHD until he was overhead of us.  I'll bet he was pushing 250kts from Pegasus to the Sup's.

Even after we realized there was no hope of putting the SkyHawk in formation as a two-ship and despite Pat McGarry piling on a few more coals, the Lancair was still working near the bottom of his performance envelope so yeah, it took 10 degrees of flaps and a little opposite rudder to keep the nose up.  Superb flying by Mike Larkin.

I spent the bulk of my time around 1/100 with ISO 50 giving me apertures ranging from f/3.5 to f/8 depending on the background.  Given his dark paint, when he was against the ground, I was finding myself with 2/3 to 1 stop of negative exposure bias.

Good Times...

[Jeff D. Welker]

Your latest A2A work has been terrific Jay. For obvious reasons, the Lancair images are extra special. Besides the excellent lines of the Lancair, the wonderful Superstition backgrounds, and killer exposures; your slow shutter speed work is simply excellent. Well done sir.

[Dave S.]

+1!

[Scott Youmans]

Jay, was curious which lens was bolted to your Mark IV.

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks Jeff .. Dave

Scott: I managed to squeeze myself and two cameras into Pat's SkyWagon so I had my 24-70mm and 70-200mm available.